KARACHI, Nov 22: Veteran radio newsreader Jahanara Sayeed died of ailments related to old age on Wednesday. She was 81. Born in Hyderabad Deccan in 1926, Ms Sayeed is survived by two sons. She was laid to rest at the Tariq Road graveyard on Thursday. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Broadcasting […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: A non-governmental organisation has expressed concern over the increasing child labour in various sectors of the economy and demanded complete ban on this social bane in the country. “Child labour is one of the fastest growing evils in the country, and according to new official estimates as many as seven million children […]
Karachi: “Disabled children are four to 10 times more abused than ordinary children,” prophesised Dr Aisha Mehnaz, Professor of Paediatrics at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS). Child sexual abuse includes an adult making comments of a sexual nature to a child; inappropriate touching and exposing a child to things of a sexual nature. […]
LARKANA: Ten thousand children are working under forced labour while 3000 street children are living in Larkana City. It was disclosed by speakers at a seminar conducted by the Child Rights Committee here in Larkana in a local hotel. The committee was observing the international Children Day. The seminar was addressed by local intellectuals, writers […]
KARACHI, Nov 23 (IPS) – From being the liberal President under whom Pakistan’s independent electronic media was born and flourished, Pervez Musharraf is now seen as the military general who imposed emergency rule on Nov 3 and suspended the Constitution and the independent judiciary. Musharraf also blocked all independent television channels on the cable network. […]
Karachi: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is planning to introduce new ‘digital advertisement technology’ that will replace the conventional erecting of huge billboards at the side of the road for commercial publicity purposes. This technology will be totally computerised and advertisements will be controlled and displayed through a computerised control room. Sources told The […]
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